My Tennessee Story

Tennessee’s tapestry of color is stunning year round. With its landscape of hills and valleys, and unique shades of rocks and trees, the breathtaking scenery is outstanding. Glistening sapphire lakes are as intriguing as the stalagmites and stalactites dripping from ceiling to floor in Tennessee’s’ beautiful caves such as Blue Springs and Bull Cave.

My companion and I shared this adventure together, enjoying our freedom on country roads, taking in the panoramic Smoky Mountain view,… Read More

Two summers ago my husband and I and our 12-year-old daughter took a road trip from Mt. Holly, NJ to Nashville and Memphis. It was August and of course, Elvis month! We had a fantastic time at Graceland. We also visited the Civil Rights Museum—what a moving experience!

In Nashville we stayed at Gaylord Opryland. Trees, plants, restaurants, a river, boats, music, dancing and lots of fun—all enclosed by glass! It was the best place… Read More

Being avid country music fans, we have travelled to the CMA fest in search of a bigger and better visit than the year before! It is the most awesome thing you can do if you love those singers! Each day is such an adventure and we show up with such excitement and it doesn’t end until we arrive back home a week later! Home is 14 hours away…...we listen to country music down there and… Read More

Every year my family, some from Florida and some from Michigan, meet for a vacation somewhere close to halfway. A few years ago we rented a house in the Smokies. There are over 20 of us of “hillbilly” descent, and that many of us together makes for quite a scene! My aunt put together a Talent Night for us one of the days we were there… my Gramps was always a big John Denver fan,… Read More

Kindness and Sweet Tea. The title of my story are the words my family and I kept repeating during our recent 10-day visit to Tennessee. I am born and raised a “Southern California girl” and love to venture out into the United States to see what different states have to offer. While visiting TN, I was bombarded by the kindness of the local residents we met/encountered during our stay. I left my camera behind at… Read More

I’m a writer/director who discovered Nashville 6 years ago and I’ve been back at least twice a year ever since. It was there when I thought, someone has to make a cool TV Show about Nashville…then I thought, Hey, I should make that show…and I did. I’m proud to say my show Little Hollywood is premeiring at the 2009 Nashville Film Festival on April 17th @12pm. Nashville is my home away from home, my best… Read More

I made my first trip to Tennessee when about 11 years old and I was with a YMCA group. We parked in Cades Cove Campsite with our Trailways Bus and were waiting for supper to be cooked by our Y-leaders when the boy next to me punched me and said he saw a large rock move. As his story spread we just thought he was seeing things until – yes –the hills were alive. Four… Read More

Ten years before Doug preached in a small town. My family went to that church and was very close with their family. Doug had a wife, Jodi, and two songs, Ethan and Caleb. They had to leave and move to Evansville and nobody really seen them again. Last summer at the end of May dad was setting on a park bench in front of Claires and noticed a man wearing a Evansville shirt. He was… Read More

November 2006. My first visit to Tennessee. Nashville and Memphis. The beautiful state of Tennessee with the golden colors of the trees when aboard the General Jackson on the Cumberland River, and the people are just so polite and respectful everywhere you go. They can’t do enough for you. Unlike in the UK, nothing is too much trouble and service is done with a smile and not a grunt as in the UK. Being a… Read More

One of my most memorable trips to Tennessee was one I made alone starting on February 12, 2005. I was up and on the road before 5 a.m., headed from Russellville, Arkansas to the waterfall country of middle Tennessee to spend a week hiking and enjoying the beauty of this wonderful state. By 12:30 I was in Cookville where I stopped for gas and a short rest, then decided I would head north and find… Read More